CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-36313

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs

Summary

An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can supply a malicious MKV file, causing the application to hang and resulting in a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Update the file-type package to version 16.5.4, 17.1.3, or later. Avoid processing untrusted MKV files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in the file-type package before 16.5.4 and 17.x before 17.1.3 for Node.js. A malformed MKV file could cause the file type detector to get caught in an infinite loop. This would make the application become unresponsive and could be used to cause a DoS attack.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS